The loyalist board of the Kennedy Center is appealing the decision to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the performing arts center.

The news came after the board voted on Thursday, June 11 to seek a stay of U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper’s May 29 ruling that said Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center.

According to the New York Times, the court filing noted that Trump’s lawyers argued that removing the name, only to later replace it after a successful appeal, would mean squandering “time and money.”

The decision comes after a June 4 memo to staff from the Kennedy Center’s Office of General Counsel saying email signatures, letterhead and other documents must remove Donald J. Trump’s name. It also comes after the president’s name was removed from the website logo. The board’s vote also came a day before the deadline to have President Trump’s name removed off the facade of the Kennedy Center.

On May 29, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that the renaming of the Kennedy Center was illegal  and blocked the Kennedy Center from temporarily closing its doors for a years long renovation. The ruling caused President Donald Trump to complain and release a long winded truth social post stating he would be transferring all the power back to the congress so they could figure out what to do with the performing arts center.

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